Registered Nurse (RN) - SurgiCenter Post Anesthesia Care Unit

ECU Health; Greenville (NC); On-site; USD 47,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

ECU Health Medical Center in North Carolina seeks a registered nurse to provide and coordinate patient care in accordance with state nursing practice and professional standards. You will collect assessment data, identify outcomes, and develop a plan of care with patient and family, while collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to ensure safe, high-quality care.

You will participate in safety practices, perform ongoing evaluations, document progress, and tailor interventions across the

Qualifications

• Diploma in Nursing or higher; licensure as RN in NC or Compact state.
• Minimum of 5 years of nursing experience.
• Current NC RN license (or licensure to practice in a participating NC licensure compact state).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Responsibilities

• Assures healing without harm through safety habits, rounds, and daily safety huddle.
• Obtains and interprets initial and ongoing patient/family assessment data from appropriate sources.
• Uses assessment data to formulate a nursing care plan.
• Collaborates with patient/family and interdisciplinary team to set realistic, measurable outcomes based on plan of care.
• Develops an individualized plan of care with learning needs for optimal health and transition across the continuum.
• Implements interventions identified in the plan of care considering patient needs across the lifespan.
• Evaluates and documents patient progress against expected outcomes.

Education

Diploma in Nursing, Associates in Nursing or higher

Job description

Position Summary

Responsible to provide care in accordance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing-Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Standards of Practice and other standards established by profession/professional groups, regulating bodies/agents. Nursing care will be delivered in accordance with ECU Health and entity specific nursing policies, procedures and professional standards of care/practice.

Responsible for the provision and coordination of nursing care to include the collection and analysis of assessment data, identification of expected outcomes and development of plan of care in collaboration with the patient/family and other interdisciplinary team members. Identifies interventions to attain expected outcomes, implements the interventions identified in the plan of care, evaluates the progress of the patient/family toward attainment of outcomes, and documents the process. This care includes sensitivity to age specific and unique needs of the patient/family.

Promotes and evaluates the effective functioning of the health care team. Collaborates with health care team members to meet the identified needs of the patient/family throughout the episode of care. Delegates tasks and activities as appropriate and governed by NC Nurse Practice Act.

Responsibilities

• Assures healing without harm through use of safety habits and error prevention tools, periodic rounding, and engagement in daily safety huddle
• Obtains and interprets initial and ongoing systematic patient/family assessment data, incorporating information from other appropriate sources.
• Uses patient/family assessment data to formulate relevant nursing plan of care
• Collaborates with patient/family/significant others(s) and interdisciplinary team members to mutually formulate realistic and measurable outcomes based on clinical presentation and plan of care
• Collaborates with the patient/family/significant others (s) and interdisciplinary team members to develop an individualized plan of care which includes learning needs to achieve optimal health and well-being and transition across the continuum
• Implements and actions interventions identified in the plan of care with consideration for patients' needs across the life span.
• Systematically evaluates and documents patient's progress based on expected outcomes and ongoing basis as identified in the patient's plan of care.

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma in Nursing, Associates in Nursing or higher
• 5 years experience is required.
• Current NC RN license or licensure to practice in a participating Nurse Licensure Compact state Health Care Provider is required.
• Basic Life Support is required.

Clinical Ladder Pay Range

$34 - $46.75

*based on a staff nurse II

ECU Health

About ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center has achieved Magnet designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.